Axminster or moquette carpet fabric



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W. G. SANFORD. AXMINSTBR 0R MOQUBTTB CARPET FABRIC. No. 428,022.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

VILLIAMr C. SANFORD, OF AMSTERDAM, NElV YORK.

AXNIINSTER OR lVIOQUETTE CAR-PET FABRIC.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 428,022, dated May 13, 1890.

Application tiled September 2S, 1889. Serial No. 325,367. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.'

Be it known that I, WILLIAM C. SANFORD, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of Amsterdam, Montgomery county, New York, have invented Improvements in AX minster or Moquette Carpet Fabrics, of which the following a specification.

My invention relates to that class of carpets which are sometimes called Moquette carpets and sometimes Axminster carpets, and which comprise as characteristic features rows of tu fts of wool or yarn forming the 'face of the fabric and bound down by binding wefts or shots toa backing of coarser wefts-such as jute or hemp-with warps or chains extending longitudinally through the fabric and tying in the wefts with the tu ftin g.

It is the principal object of my invention to so construct a carpet fabric of this character that the tufting material will be held firmly in place and will not be liable to be pulled or swept out.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure lis a sectional view of a portion of the carpet fabric, taken longitudinally-of the warpthreads. Fig. 2 is a corresponding sectional view taken longitudinally of the weft-threads and on the line l 2, Fig. l. Figs. 3 to 8, inclusive, are diagrams illustrating` the successive steps in the weaving of the fabric and the tying in of the tnfting.

I-Ieretofore in the manufacture of carpets of this class it has been customary to bind the tufting down by a single weft for each row of tufting; but in all such AXininster or Moquette carpet fabrics the tnfting has been found to be held insecurely, so that portions are apt to be brushed or pulled out in sweeping.

The main characteristic feature of my invention is the construction of the carpet, with two fine separated wefts tying down each row of tufting to the backing, which latter is made up of heavy wefts,two to each row of tufting, these two heavy wefts being separated by solne of the warps passing between them, so that the tnfting will be held with all the security necessary to prevent its being pulled out in sweeping or other handling of the carpets. Y

Referring to Figs. 1 and 2, it will be seen that the backing wefts or shots D are of heavy solid material and preferably uniformly spaced, while the binding wefts or shots E for the tufts F are of finer material, and there are two fine binding-wefts foreach row of tufting. Combined with these are three sets of warps, A, B, and C, one set of warps A passing under and over the successive tine bil'ldingwef ts an d tyin these together, while another set of warps pass under and over the successive heavy backing-wefts and tie them together. The third set of warps O pass under alternate backing-wefts D and over alternate tuft-binding wefts E, thus firmly binding the two sets of wefts -with the face-tufting together and making a tufted fabric of a firm and solid but simple construction.

In the weaving of the fabric, supposing a short length of plain fabric X to have been woven, as in the diagram, Fig. 3, and the weaving of the tufted portion about to oommence, the warps C are depressed and the warps A and Braised. The first heavy backing-weft l is then thrown in the shed thus formed and is tied byraisin g the warps C and depressing the warps B for a new shed, into which is shot the second heavy backing-weft 2, as shown in Fig. 4. The end of the tuftingyarn F is then pushed through the warps (as indicated, for instance, in Fig. 5,) and the warp C being depressed and the warps A having remained elevated during these operations the first fine binding-weft 3 for the tufting is shot in, Fig. 6, and is then tied by the depression of the warps A and the elevation of the warps O, as shown in Fig. 7. The second fine binding-weftt is then thrown in and tied by the warp C and the elevation of the warp A, Fig. 8. rPhe end of the tufting-yarn is turned up around the wefts 3 and 4, the tufting-yarn is cut off, and then the abovedescribed operation is repeated for the next row of tufting. The wefts are beaten up at each shot; but this is not attempted to be shown in these diagrams. In Figs. l and 2 the fabric is shown as if woven somewhat more open and loose than is the case in the fabric itself.

I claim as my invention-- l. An Axminster or Moquette carpet comprising rows of tufting, two tine wefts binding down each row of tufting, heavy wefts forming a solid backing, two such heavy wefts IOO to each row of tufti11g,:md Wnrpthrends to tie the iine wefts to hoid the same :md tho tufts to the baoking-wefts, tho two heavy wofts of each row being' separated from euch other by tho Warp-threads passing between themlii substfmtially as described.

2. An Axminster or Moquette carpet fabric Comprising tufting, backing-wefts, fino Wefts to bind down the tuftingwith two wefts binding each line of tuftiug, :md three sols of wfups, ono tying' the hnoking-wofts together, another tying t11ebindingwofts togetl1o1,mxd the third tying tho biuding-wefis to the bitching-Wefts, Substantially :is described.

3. An Axminstor or Moquette Carpet fabric 

